Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program

Courses: Fall 2010

JS 151 | Natural Environment and Judaism with RTM 151F | Survival

  • G. Goldman
  • 1 + 2 units
  • 6 meetings - Tues 7-9 PM and two Sunday afternoon and a 3-day field trip
  • JS Course #13566 + RTM Course #16798
  • On campus classroom: Redwood Hall 104

An examination of teachings on the natural environment found in Jewish lite rature and oral teachings, with an emphasis on values and practices related to respect for natural life and environmental conservation. Students who take this course must also take the RTM 151F section linked to it. Arranged wilderness trips are required.

JS 200-OL (online) | Introduction to Judaism

  • General Education: Arts & Humanities
  • M. Paskow
  • 3 units
  • Course #13591
  • CORE COURSE FOR THE JEWISH STUDIES MINOR AND MAJOR

An examination of the historical development of Judaism's fundamental religious concepts and practices in their cultural and international setting.

JS 210 | History of the Jewish People

  • General Education: Comparative Cultural Studies
  • E. Goodfriend
  • 3 units
  • TuThu 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Sierra Hall 305
  • Course #13205

A study of the Jewish people from their beginnings in the ancient Near East to the establishment of the modern State of Israel.

JS 300 | Humanities in Jewish Society: Ancient and Medieval

  • General Education Arts & Humanities - fulfills upper-division Information Competence requirement
  • M. Paskow
  • 3 units
  • TuTh 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
  • Jerome Richfield 330
  • Course #13078
  • CORE COURSE FOR THE JEWISH STUDIES MINOR; RELIGIOUS TRADITION FOR THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR

A study of ancient and medieval Jewish culture examining literature, art and architecture, law, music, philosophy and science.

JS 330 | Women in the Jewish Experience

  • General Education Comparative Cultural Studies
  • E. Goodfriend
  • 3 units
  • MW 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
  • Sierra Hall 192
  • Course #13245
  • THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE ETHNIC STUDIES AND DIVERSITY ELECTIVE IN THE WOMEN'S STUDIES MAJOR

The social, cultural, and religious lives of women in Jewish communities from antiquity to present.  The course perspective is international, with significant focus on Mediterranean, West Asian, and American Jewish societies.

SOC 306 | Jewish Communal and Family Structure

  • General Education Comparative Cultural Studies
  • H. Dosik
  • 3 units
  • MW 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
  • SH 209
  • Course #11940

The study of Jewish communal and family structure in an international context as a function of religious requirements and social circumstances.

SOC 335 | Jewish Identity in the U.S.

  • General Education Comparative Cultural Studies
  • T. Hatkoff
  • 3 units
  • W 3:30 PM - 6:15 PM
  • SH 309
  • Course #18011

An examination of social institutions and processes involved in Jewish identity, and comparison with other American cultural groups.

HIST 496IH | History and Peoples of Israel

  • J. Myers
  • 3 units   
  • TuTh 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Sierra Hall 310
  • Course #18305

Do you want to understand what all the news is about regarding Israel in the Middle East? These are some of the questions we will be answering: Why is there a Jewish state in the Middle East? Why don't Palestinians have their own state? Who are the people who live in Israel: their stories, their lives, their challenges? This course uses an innovative approach to learning. Students read on-line newspapers, watch YouTube videos, and assemble their own blogs.

RS 101 | The Bible

  • General Education: Arts & Humanities
  • 3 units
  • E. Goodfriend
  • MW 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
  • Sierra Hall 384
  • Course #13120
  • E. Goodfriend
  • MW 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
  • Sierra Hall 390
  • Course #13121
  • Staff
  • TuThu 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Sierra Hall 390
  • Course #13122

This course provides a survey of the content and major themes of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), New Testament, and Apocryphal writings.

RS 375 | Classical Jewish Texts

  • J. Myers
  • 3 units
  • Mon 4:00 PM - 6:45 PM
  • Course #17262
  • Sierra 192
  • FULFILLS THE SACRED TEXTS REQUIREMENT IN THE RS MAJOR

A study of the Jewish literary classics: the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, philosophy, and mysticism. Readings will focus on the theme of dealing with and understanding and resolving differences of opinion between people.

RS 378 | American Jewish Experience

  • General Education: Comparative Cultural Studies - Fulfills Information Competence requirement
  • A. Shevitz
  • 3 units
  • MW 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
  • Sierra Hall 314
  • Course #13148

This course describes the experience of the Jewish religio-ethnic community in America with reference to its own historical background and development, and the relationship of the community to the general Americal culture and to other particular subcultures or ethnic groups.

HEB 101 | Elementary Hebrew and Conversation

  • General Education: Comparative Cultural Studies
  • M. Rosenthal
  • 4 units
  • TuTh 2:00 PM - 3:40 PM and lab
  • Jerome Richfield 330
  • Course #12954

Second semester of a beginning level Hebrew course focusing on basic vocabulary, grammar, reading and practice in the spoken language.

ENG 495 RM | The Rhetoric of Memory

  • D. Clark
  • 3 units
  • Wednesday 4:00 - 6:45 PM
  • Jerome Richfield 247
  • Course #18302

In this course, we look at the relationship between memory and representation by texts and film, with a special, but not exclusive, focus on the Holocaust. The course will be interdisciplinary - integrating trauma studies, philosophy, psychology, and theology. Open to seniors.